Rail tie and fastening means



J. H. B. REA

RAIL TIE AND FASTENING MEANS May 29. 1928.

Filed Oct. 27, 1927 Patented May 29, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN H. B. REA, OF LA FAYETTE, GEORGIA.

nan. TIE AND rasrr imne civmans,

Application filed October 2111927. Serial No. 229,068.

will be eflicient, rigid, durableaiid in every,

way desirable.

A furtherob ect is to prov de new'and improved means for securingthe track rails upon the tie, said means being of such con- 2 sides of the aforesaid vertical body portions struction that rapid and easy manufacture is permitted at small cost, producing however an efl'ective and durable fastening means. i With the foregoing in 'view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

. Fig. 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly insection as indicated by line 2 2 of Eigfl;

'Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 3-.3 of Fig. 2. i Figs. 4. and 5 are disassembled perspective"view s showing the majorportions' of the rail fastening means. a V

In constructing the tie, I make. use of two channel bars 6, the upper and lower flanges 7-8 of each bar being in contactlwith the oorrespondingflanges of. the other bar. Tie-bolts 9 pass through the vertical body gether, and spacing sleeves 10 are provided aroundsaid bolts to hold said verticalbody ortions of said bars against inward springing when the bolts are tightened to the maximum. I

Central and end plates 11-12 respectively central and end plates l t-15 are secured upon the lower sides of the lower flanges 8, "by rivets 16. All of these plates 11-1214-15 are provided with vertically bent flanges 17 which lie against the outer of the bars 6, thusproviding additional means holding said bars against possible spreading. The lowermostend plates15 are provided with downwardly bent flanges 18 at their inner edges, to be embedded inthe ballast and to thus hold the tie against longitudinal shifting. Secured to these plates 15 and to the flanges 8, by a number of the i rivets 13. portions of the bars 6 to tiethese ba'rsytorivets 16, is a bracebar '19 which extends loi'igitudinally within the tie aniti'nay well be of (the bowed form shown in Fig. 2, 'whereliiy the same acts as a truss brace be tween the ends and center of thetie; The

Fcenter oft-his bar 19 provided with an upstanding stud 20 which ma wellbe' secured to it by nuts 21. said stud passing upsaid .plate. By tightening this nut, the bar '19 may be drawn 'upivardly at its center and thuseflectivelyplaced under such longitudinal tension as to cause it to effectively perform thefunction for which it'is designedthat is as a truss brace.

Thetransverse parallel edges of each plate 12, that the edges which extend transversely oi the tie, are bent inwardly upon themselves and shaped to provide two overa rail, while the flange 24is intendedto occupy a position spaced outwardly from ing the edge portions of theplate 12to pro vide thefflanges 23.2 4, not only provides a construction which maybe simply and easily manufactured, but provides a double thickness of material through which openings 27 are formed for the A tightening plate 28 lies upon the plate 12 and underlies both flanges 23-24, so as "to extend under the entire width of the rail The edge "portion of thetightening base. plate 28. disposed at the flange 24.. is bent inwardly upon itself and shaped to provide a third overhanging flange 29 which is adapted to tightly overlie the base flange 26. One end of plate 28 is bent downwardly to provide a drivingflange 30 to be struck with a sledge or the like when driving the tightcning plate into position between the rail base and the plate 12. The other end of plate 28 is "formed with an opcningBl. to receive a suitable key or the like 32 which holds .said plate against accidental withdrawal. it will be understood that the distance between the flanges 23 and 24 of the cud. plate 12 must be greater than the width of the base of the ra l in order to permit the base to be seated on the plate 12 be tween, these flanges and the plate 28 is proa nut 22 contacting with the upper side of flanges 23 and 24, the flange23 heing adapted toenga-ge one base flange 25of reception jof. the

the flanges of the rail base and the flanges of the plate 12. When the plate 28 is driven in between the base of the rail and the top of the tie and between the edge ofthe flange- 26 of the rail base and the adjacent flange 24 of the plate 12,-the-oppos1te-fla-rrge-25 of the rail base is forcedor wedged beneath. the opposite flange 23ot'the plate 12 so that the base of the rail is tightly gripped between the flange 23 of the plate 12 and the flange 29 of the late 28. The body of the plate 28 when am into place between the base of, the rail and top of the tie as hcreinbefore described, forces the rail upwardly and tightl f presses the flange 25 of the rail against the flan e 23 of the plate 12 onone side, while t-1e.-:toldeded-ge or outer portion of the flange: 29 of'the plate 28 is tightly pressed against the flange 24 of the plate 12 on theoppositeside. The

ate 28am] its flange 29 thus act to tightly old the rail against both lateral andver tical movement. v

Excellent results are obtainable fromthe details disclosed and they are thereiforepreferablyfollowed. However, within theseope of the invention as claimed, minor variations may be-made.

1; A rail fastening means. comprising. a plate. for anchorage uponatie, said plate having one overhanging flange to overlie one base flange ottia rail, and .a second overhanging flange for disposition in laterally spacedrelationwith the: other base flange offthe rail, and atightening platelying vupon the first named plate'and extending under bothiof saidoverhangingflanges to underlie the full width r-otthe rail, the:;edge of said wedge plateengaged .with said second flange being provided with a third overhangill" flange' to-overlie'said other base flange 0 the rail.

2.- A rail fastening meanscomprising-a rectangular. plate foranchorage upon a tie,

hanging flange to engage 'said other base flange of'the rail, one end of said tightening plate being bent downwardl to form a drivmg flange, the other endo said tightening plate being formed with an opening to receive a ke to hold the'tightening plate against wit 'drawal. H v o 3. A rail fastening means comprising, a plate having its opposite ends bent downwardly toforln flanges for engagement with opposite sides of a tie. said plate having its opposite side edge portions folded inwardlyupon themselves and then upwardly i0=f61fn1 overhangingflanges, one of which is adapt ed'to engage one base flangeof a railland the other of which lies outwardly in spaced relation from the other base flange of the.

rail, said folded edges havingv apertures ada ted to receive bolts whereby the plate is astenedto attic, and a. flat tightening piatezresting. on the first named plate under th of said overhanging flanges,-thc edge;

of said tightening plate under said other flange-being hent inwardly to provide a-third overhanging flange toengage said other base flange of the-rail. one end of said tightening plate-beingbent downwardlyto form a.driv-:

ing flnnge, the other endof saidtightening plate being formed withan opening. to re .ceive a:ky to' hold the tightening plnte against withdrawal. 7

In: testimony whereof-I have hereunto affixed'mysignature. a

' JOHN H; B REAt 

